I agree that people like the Neptunes, Dangermouse, Timbaland, etc. are good at what they do, but until the Neptunes produce a metal record or Dangermouse produces a country album, none will have the diversity of Rubin. Go back and look at his resume again. It's unreal. What he did with Johnny Cash along is amazing.
As for the comparison to Bob Rock, I really, really disagree. Rock is good at only one thing, and that's dumbing down inventive rock bands so that they have neat and tidy 4 minute songs for KROQ.
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